DescriptionA rather small Leptopelis (males 33-36 mm) from forests at high altitudes in eastern R. D. Congo and western Uganda, with reduced webbing and a small tympanum. Dorsum brown with a darker irregular pattern. The males have a white gular sac.
In the mountains of south-western Uganda and adjacent
R. D. Congo there are two species of Leptopelis, apparently inseparable in the preserved state. One is a forest form, the other lives in montane grassland. One has a white gular sac, the other a blue. I have used the name L. kivuensis for the forest form with a white gular sac and L. karissimbensis for the grassland form with a blue gular sac. In this I believe I follow Laurent, except that he notes that L. kivuensis has a blue gular sac!